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Grant: UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE

Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE

Amount

$225,072.00

Award Date

7/09/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

Arctic soils have large stores of carbon (C) and may act as a significant CO2 source with warming. However, the key to understanding tundra soil processes is nitrogen (N), as both plant growth and decomposition are severely N limited. The current models